The first-ever Toronto Food & Wine Festival was held at Evergreen Brickworks between Friday, September 18 and Sunday, September 20. I have to admit that the event was a bit more fun when it was known as the “Delicious Food Show.” It felt a little smaller this year, without many of the vendors from last […]
The inaugural Toronto Food and Wine Festival (formerly known as the Delicious Food Show) starts on September 18! Sure, it has a very similar name to that OTHER food and wine event in November (but I’m sure no one will be confused), the website makes it sound a bit more casual and more consumer-focused. And […]
As someone who enjoys health and wellness retreats, embarking on a foodie excursion to Chicago would require me to adjust my expectations. There would be a dearth of fruits and veggies at mealtime, to be sure – after all, the city is known for its deep-dish pizzas, hot dogs, and pierogis. In fact, it was […]
Today is my birthday. Incidently, it is also DelectablyChic!‘s birthday. Five years ago today, the two year old Prospere Magazine became DelectablyChic!. Though there were a couple of posts which went live before September 1, 2010, the first “official” post was a restaurant review of Cantine, located on Avenue Road, just north of Bloor. What […]
Episode 26 is season 2’s finale, so there won’t be another Chopped Canada write-up until season 3 premieres, probably some time in 2016. For the main course, the mystery ingredients were: trout caviar, lotus root, brunost cheese and butterscotch rice cakes. Kind of a random box, I think. I know some people complained about the […]
Ingredients for the appetizer from episode 25 were: Lobster, cream of mushroom soup, matzoh crackers and grape jelly. The first thing I thought of were those rice casserole dishes one sees at Hong Kong style diners (cha chaan teng) and some dim sum places. So why not do something similar with quinoa? Quinoa, after all, […]
For the appetizer round, the mandatory ingredients were chicken breast, stout, parsnip and jelly rolls. A little bit weird, but not a complete throw-off. Not that difficult to figure SOMETHING out, either. What I’d make would be sweet and sour chicken sliders topped with parsnip slaw. This would work very well both as a passed […]
Fine dining in Ottawa isn’t hard to find, but that is really more of a problem than it might sound. Ottawa’s Byward Market is full of locations that will provide you with a satisfactory experience, however, if you’re anything like me, satisfactory just isn’t good enough. I want it all when it comes to my […]
Diwan Restaurant, the 85-seat dining room at the architecturally-stunning Aga Khan Museum is located near the not-so-convenient Don Valley parkway. There aren’t many other sit-down restaurants in the vicinity, which is largely known for its big box outlets. So it would be fair to say that Diwan has a captive audience of museum goers around […]
When I first came across this delicious Israeli egg dish, it was at Aroma, an Israeli-based coffee chain that had opened up in the Toronto area. Eggs cooked in a tomato and roasted red pepper sauce, it is healthier and filling at the same time – perfect for this time of year. Since my first […]
